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Hmm.  Well, our net worth is about $1.5 million, so I'm pretty sure we could afford it, if that's what we thought was important.  I still fail to understand why you think that it's appropriate to say "only $95k".  As far as I'm concerned $95k is a very good salary.  Somehow your world view is skewed and you are of the opinion that $95k is "poor".  It's not.  We're certainly not "making do", we're just not spending money unnecessarily.  What kids really need is love and attention and interest from their parents, particularly when they are young.  Sending them to violin or piano lessons when they are 5, or ice skating or whatever else you spend your money on, is no more likely to get them into Harvard than our approach -- reading to them, listening to them, playing with them, taking them to museums, on hikes, to the beach, to music concerts, camping, playing outdoors with friends, climbing trees and BEING KIDS.[/quote]

I feel it's appropriate to say "only $95K" because that's not enough for me. There are no "appropriate" or "not appropriate" rules about it. If it's not enough for a person, it's not enough.

You're setting up a false dichotomy where sending kids to activities and spending time with them are polar opposites. They aren't.  Seeing a child through years of rigorous training in their chosen pursuit takes a massive amount of parental time and involvement.

I wasn't much for the outdoors, anyway, never climbed a tree, never went camping, couldn't pay me to do that. There's more than one type of kid out there. I cherish the schooling I had that my parents had the resources and energy to arrange for me. You make it sound like there's one way to love a child or pay attention to them - your way - and that's bullshit. [/quote]

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